# Argennis

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{{Short description|Epithet of Aphrodite}}
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'''Argennis''' ({{langx|grc|Ἀργεννίς}}) was an [epithet](/source/epithet) of the [Greek goddess](/source/Greek_mythology) [Aphrodite](/source/Aphrodite), which was derived from Argennus (sometimes Anglicized as "Argynnos"), a son of [Peisidice](/source/Peisidice).

[Argennus](/source/Argynnus) was lusted after by the ancient king [Agamemnon](/source/Agamemnon), and pursued by him.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last =Bell | first =Robert E. | title =Argennis| encyclopedia =Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary | pages =63 | publisher =[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) | date =1993 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=mxUZAQAAIAAJ | isbn = 9780195079777 | accessdate = 2018-03-16}}</ref> In order to escape, Argennus hurled himself to his death in the river [Cephissus](/source/Cephissus_(Boeotia)), after which Agamemnon built a sanctuary of Aphrodite Argennis to honor him.<ref>[Stephanus of Byzantium](/source/Stephanus_of_Byzantium), ''Ethnica''s. v. Ἀργεννίς</ref><ref>[Athenaeus](/source/Athenaeus), ''[Deipnosophistae](/source/Deipnosophistae)'' 13.608</ref>

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Category:Epithets of Aphrodite

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